The World Bank, the International Labour Organization, and the Royal Thai Government co-organized a workshop on “Model Development of Sustainable Health Care Financing,” June 11-12, 2007. This workshop was one of the many activities aimed at facilitating the implementation of the Country Development Partnership in Health (CDP-H), a cooperation framework between the World Bank and the Ministry of Public Health.

During the two-day workshop, public health policy makers from various Thai Government departments brainstormed on ways to make healthcare financing in Thailand sustainable in the long term. Ideas were also drawn from international organization partners on where they may contribute to the effort. The overall objective of the workshop is to explore existing policy options for public health financing and learn from the international experiences.

Download information about the Model Development of Sustainable Health Care Financing workshop

	Agenda and List of Participants
	Modeling Sustainable Health Financing in Thailand, Wolfgang Scholz, ILO (64Kb pdf)
	Presentation on Thailand’s Expectations, Dr. Viroj Tangcharoensathien, International Health Policy Program (205Kb pdf)
	Long-Term Financing of Universal Healthcare Coverage, Taweesri Greetong, National Health Security Office (118Kb pdf)
	Demographic and Economic Models of Three Existing Healthcare Schemes, Thaworn Sakunphanit, Financial Management Component Manager, the Health Care Reform Project (HCRP) (384Kb pdf)
	Cost Pressures and Cost Control in Health Systems: International Experience, Magnus Lindelow, East Asia & Pacific Region, World Bank (105Kb pdf)
	Overview of Health Care Financing Projection Models, Dr. Joseph Antos, Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute (294Kb pdf)
	Workshop Minutes (29Kb pdf)